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In Lincoln County on the 5th and 6th, about 6 Purple Martins were seen every day in Brady.
In the Eastern Rainwater Basin on the 7th and 8th, 3 Snowy Plovers (at Freeman Lake,
at Sandpiper WMA and at Clay #32), about 70 Hudsonian Godwits, more than 1,000 Baird's
Sandpipers, about 500 American Golden Plovers and few hundreds Buff-breasted Sandpipers
were recorded.
In Scotts Bluff County on the 8th, an Orchard Oriole was seen in Riverside Park in
Scottsbluff.
In Lancaster County on the 8th, 3 Indigo Buntings and 2 Blue Grosbeaks were observed in
Wilderness Park in Lincoln.
In Scotts Bluff County on the 8th, 15 Lark Buntings, 4 Upland Sandpipers and 15 Burrowing
Owls were observed at the Scottsbluff Landfill area.
In Sarpy County on the 8th, a Scarlet Tanager was seen at Fontanell Forest.
In Sarpy County on the 8th, an Indigo Bunting and an Eurasian Collared-Dove were seen
in Bellevue near Bryan High School.
In Hall County on the 8th, a Green Heron and an Osprey were seen in SW part of that
county.
In Lincoln County on the 8th and 9th, a Black-headed Grosbeak and a Ruby-throated
Hummingbird respectively were recorded at a feeder in Brady.
In Sarpy County on the 9th, a Blackburnian Warbler was recorded at Walnut Grove.
In Douglas County on the 9th, an American Redstart, a Blackpoll Warbler, a Northern
Waterthrush, and a Yellow-throated Vireo were observed at Towl Park (just west of 90th
and Center Streets in Omaha).
In Lancaster County on the 9th, a Wilson's Warbler was recorded in Wilderness Park in
Lincoln.
In Lancaster County on the 10th, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird was recorded at a feeder
in Lincoln.
In Cumming County on the 10th, 2 Great Crested Flycatchers, a Bay-Breasted Warbler
and a Scarlet Tanager were observed at Wilderness Park, southwest of West Point.
In Sarpy County on the 10th, a Hudsonian Godwit was seen at wetland lake south of
Bellevue.
In Knox County on the 10th, a Summer Tanager was recorded at Bazile Creek WMA (east of
Niobrara), also a Philadelphia Vireo and a Yellow-throated Vireo.
In Dixon County on the 10th, 5 Bobolinks, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and an American
Redstart were seen near Wakefield.
In Cass County on the 11th, 2 Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, 2 Scarlet Tanagers, a Mourning
Warbler and 3 Indigo Buntings were observed at Platte River State Park.
In Lincoln County on the 12th, a Bald Eagle was seen west of Brady (the first eagle seen
in the area for weeks, if not months), a Ruby-throated Hummingbird was recorded at Brady
and 2 Veery were seen at Pawnee Slough bridge.
In Sarpy County on the 8th, a Northern Mockingbird ((Schramm SRA), a Black-Headed
Grosbeak (Fontenelle Forest) and American Avocet (Walnut Creek Lake Rec. Area) were
recorded during the Sarpy County Spring Bird Count.
In the Eastern Rainwater Basin on the 13th, a Little Blue Heron (Straightwater WMA),
a Snowy Egret (Straightwater WMA), 2 Cinnamon Teals, a Whimbrel (Clay County), a
Ruddy Turnstone (York County), Eurasian Collared-Doves (pairs in Aurora, Sutton, and
Hampton), a Magnolia Warbler (Pintail WMA) and Lark Buntings (1 at Pintail WMA and
5 near Harvard WPA) were recorded.
In Hitchcock County on the 11th, a Marbled Godwit was seen at Swanson Reservoir.
In Chase County on the 12th, a Forster's Tern was observed at Enders Reservoir.
In Sarpy County on the 13th, Black Terns were seen at Walnut Creek Lake Rec. Area.
In Nemaha County on the 12th, a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and a Philadelphia Vireo
were seen at Indian Cave SP.
In Harlan County on the 12th, a Peregrine Falcon was seen at Harlan County Reservoir.
In Franklin County on the 12th, Eurasian Collared-Doves were seen.
In Webster County on the 12th, Eurasian Collared-Doves were seen.
In Keith County on the 13th, a Snowy Egret, at least 5 Peregrine Falcons, a Snowy
Plover, 4 Ruddy Turnstones, a Common Tern and a Cave Swallow were recorded at Lake
McConaughy and Lake Ogallala.
In Phelps County on the 14th, a Hooded Warbler was observed at Jeffery Island.
In Lincoln County on the 14th, at least 25 Bobolinks were seen around the Pawnee
Creek/Pawnee Slough loop west of Brady.
In Lancaster County on the 15th, a Blackpoll Warbler, a Chestnut-sided Warbler,
a Magnolia Warbler, a Yellow-throated Vireo and Great Crested Flycatchers were seen
in Wilderness Park in Lincoln.
In Cherry County on the 7th and 10th, an American Bittern, a Bufflehead, a Burrowing Owl,
a Cattle Egret and a Golden Eagle were recorded.
In Sarpy County on the 16th, a Blackburnian Warbler, a Black-throated Green Warbler,
a Chestnut-sided Warbler and 2 Wilson's Warblers were seen at Walnut Creek Lake Rec. Area.
In Lancaster County on the 16th, 4 Blackpoll Warblers, a Blackburnian Warbler,
6 Indigo Buntings and 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were seen in Wilderness Park in Lincoln.
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